96
Goodfellas review
Thirty years inside the mob, told at a pace that never lets you catch your breath. Scorsese's most complete film and the one that made every other gan…
★★★★½ 4.9/5
Martin Scorsese
Scorsese is the defining American director of the post-studio era and the most influential filmmaker working in the crime genre. His films are organised around guilt, masculinity, and the tension between community and violence. He is also the most significant film preservation advocate of his generation, and his editorial and archival work has shaped how a century of cinema is understood.
Signature and approach
- Propulsive editing and period needle drops
- Voiceover that creates irony rather than exposition
- Subjects defined by guilt and community
- Long takes used for social geography
- 2Films reviewed
- 92.0Average score
- 1942Born
- AmericanNationality
Films by Martin Scorsese in our collection
Ordered by release date. Every entry links to the full review.
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88
The Departed review
An undercover cop and a mob mole race to unmask each other inside the Massachusetts State Police. Scorsese's most propulsive late film.
★★★★½ 4.6/5
Filmography reviewed
Year, genre, runtime and score for each film.
| Film | Year | Genre | Runtime | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodfellas | 1990 | Crime | 145 min | 96 |
| The Departed | 2006 | Crime | 151 min | 88 |
Reading Martin Scorsese in context
This page collects every film by Martin Scorsese that we have reviewed in full, along with our average score across that body of work. It is not a complete filmography: our library is curated, and we only list films we have written about at length.
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